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A foreign-quota condominium is registered in the buyer’s name. Purchase funds must enter Thailand with the correct purpose so the receiving bank can issue the foreign-exchange evidence used at the Land Office.

Off-plan villas with a 30-year guaranteed rental program in Rawai
Suksan Villas Phase 5 — villa project, Rawai: entry from ~$1,013,121. Beach: Rawai (Nai Harn), ~7 km. Both freehold and leasehold available. Yield: ~6% developer guarantee for 30 years. Completion: off-plan, ~12 months after the first payment.
Suksan Villas Phase 5 is an off-plan villa community in Rawai from The Suksan Group, a developer with a track record in the area since 2007. The villas are one or two storeys, with garden and private pool views, registered as either freehold or leasehold. Construction of a specific villa begins after the first payment and takes about 12 months on average, depending on size. The project’s defining feature is a management-company program guaranteeing 6% annual income for 30 years. Entry price starts from ~$1,013,121.
Rawai is the southern tip of Phuket, an area with a slower pace of life than the west coast: less tourist infrastructure, but closer to fishing villages, dive centers and boat piers at the island’s southern end. Suksan Villas Phase 5 sits inland, about 7 km from Nai Harn beach — one of the cleanest and quietest beaches in southern Phuket. That distance makes a car or scooter a requirement for regular trips to the sea, but in exchange gives the villa community a quieter, more secluded setting away from the tourist flow.
Entry into the project starts from ~$1,013,121 per villa, with the exact price depending on the number of storeys and layout. Suksan Villas Phase 5’s core economic offer is not the price per square meter itself but the income structure: the developer’s management company guarantees the owner 6% per year of the villa’s value for 30 years regardless of actual occupancy. That is fundamentally different from the island’s typical rental-pool model, where yield floats with tourist flow and seasonality — here the occupancy risk sits with the developer.
The flip side of that guarantee is that its durability depends on The Suksan Group’s own financial stability over the full 30-year period, not on market rental demand at any given moment. This is the classic “fixed income in exchange for the credit risk of a specific company” trade-off, and it is worth assessing exactly that way rather than as market yield statistics for the area.
The Suksan Group has worked in Rawai since 2007 and has already delivered several phases of its namesake villa communities — this is not the company’s debut project on the island, which lowers (though does not eliminate) the typical execution risks of an off-plan purchase. That said, we found no public portfolio of the company’s projects beyond Rawai, so the developer’s scale and financial capacity are hard to assess from independent sources — particularly relevant given the 30-year horizon of the guaranteed-yield commitment.
Construction of a specific villa starts after the first payment and takes about 12 months — a relatively short timeline by the standards of off-plan villas, but the standard risk of schedule slippage remains. Freehold is available alongside leasehold; the exact structure is set by the chosen villa and should be locked into the contract before reservation.
Who it suits: an investor who values a predictable, fixed income over a long horizon more than proximity to the beach or a developed shared community infrastructure — there is no clubhouse or restaurant here, the focus is squarely on the contractual rental guarantee. Buyers for whom walking access to the sea matters should look at projects closer to the coast.
Our role as an agency is to verify the exact legal wording of the 6%-for-30-years guarantee before reservation (who bears the obligation, and what happens if the management company becomes insolvent), confirm the current construction schedule for the chosen villa, and verify the ownership structure (freehold or leasehold) for the specific lot.
Prices and availability change; data is accurate as of the page update date. Request a fresh price list — we send it the same day. Updated: July 2026.
Our catalog currently tracks 31 projects in Rawai; new-build entry level here: from ~$105,652. Suksan Villas Phase 5’s entry price is about 416% above the district median — the project sits in the upper segment of the location.
The median is calculated from the “from” prices of all catalog projects in the district and refreshes with every update.
Neighbours are picked by the same property type and the closest entry price in the same area — the projects our buyers actually shortlist against each other. Figures recalculate with every catalogue update.
| Suksan Villas Phase 5This project | Fortuna Lakeside | Botanica Foresta | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price from | from ~$1,013,121 | from ~$1,018,051 | from ~$1,026,112 |
| $/sqm | — | — | $3,298 |
| Beach | Rawai (Nai Harn), ~7 km | Patong ~15 km; Bang Tao ~16 km (not a beach project — inland, by a lake) | Layan, ~10 minutes by car |
| Completion | Under constructionoff-plan, ~12 months after the first payment | Under constructionoff-plan, average construction time ~12 months (10–24) after the first payment | Under constructionphases, construction 10–24 months from the start of a specific villa |
| Ownership | freehold / leasehold | freehold / leasehold | freehold (land + house) |
| Rental program | yes | yes | no |



The developer information in this listing states: freehold / leasehold. This is the project-level starting point, not a legal opinion on a particular unit. The contract, title, foreign quota and seller authority must be verified before reservation.
A foreign-quota condominium is registered in the buyer’s name. Purchase funds must enter Thailand with the correct purpose so the receiving bank can issue the foreign-exchange evidence used at the Land Office.
A foreign buyer may own the structure but cannot directly own Thai land. The land element is normally held through a registered long lease or another lawful structure. Term, renewals, inheritance and resale rights must be explicit in the contract.
Verify the receiving legal entity, construction milestone, payment trigger, delay remedies and the documents the seller must deliver for registration.
This is general information. Structure and taxes depend on the unit, seller and contract; an independent Thai lawyer should complete the final review.
Indicative estimate: yield and the rental model depend on the project, unit and management program. Request an exact projection for a specific unit.

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Availability changes weekly and isn’t published here. We’ll send the list of free units, an honest read on the negotiating room, and a net-yield calculation for your unit with every cost included.
From ~$1,013,121. The final price depends on the specific layout and number of storeys.
The Suksan Group, a company active in Rawai since 2007 that has already delivered several phases of its namesake villa communities.
Off-plan: construction begins after the first payment for a villa and takes about 12 months on average, depending on villa size.
Both options are available — the ownership structure depends on the specific villa.
The developer’s management company commits to paying the owner 6% per year of the villa’s value regardless of actual occupancy — this is a long-term contractual guarantee, not market yield statistics.
~7 km to Nai Harn beach — a personal or rented vehicle is required, there is no walking access.
Yes, the unit stays yours. Inside a managed rental program the number of owner-stay nights is capped by the contract — we go through the exact terms for this project before you book.
Funds arrive from abroad in foreign currency and the Thai bank issues an FET form. Without it the Land Department will not register freehold to a foreigner, so we agree the amount and payment reference in advance.
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